Hackers Sent Obscene Messages From One of Katy Perry's Accounts

Thankfully, they've already been deleted.

Sunday night, hackers apparently found their way into Katy Perry's Twitter account and proceeded to tweet obscene messages to her 89 million+ followers. The tweets, which were up for around 10 minutes, contained profane language including the n-word and a slur against LGBTQ people that was specifically aimed at Twitter user Daniel Keem, who runs the #DramaAlert website.

It's unclear who was behind the hack (though, of course, one of the handles that was tagged in one of the now-deleted tweets was a major tip), or even how it happened. This isn't the first time a celebrity's account has been compromised, and it likely won't be the last, either. Taylor Swift, whom the hackers "shouted out" from Katy's account, was hacked in 2015. Kendall Jenner, Justin Bieber, Emma Stone, and Ian Somerhalder have all been hacked, too.

Keem, for his part, had this to say regarding the message sent about his account.

Katy has yet to address the hack, but it goes without saying that the words used by hackers from her handle and the hacking itself are both inexcusable. Hopefully Twitter will be able to identify the people behind the breach, and celebrities everywhere will enable two-factor authentication. (It's a good idea if you do it yourself, too; millennials are reportedly most at risk for being hacked.)